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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Student news without fear or favor

Dante Geoffrey, Author

All content by Dante Geoffrey

Hockey: Not just for Canadians

Dante Geoffrey
December 7, 2011

The NBA is coming back, the NFL’s playoffs areright around the corner and MLB’s off-season – highlighted by theAlbert Pujols sweepstakes – are just warming up.There is a lot for sports fans to...

Injuries and inconsistency plague Hornets season

Injuries and inconsistency plague Hornets’ season

Dante Geoffrey
November 30, 2011

Welp, this has been disappointing. There’s little else to say or feel after Sacramento State’s football team finished its dismal season with a 23-19 loss to UC Davis in the Causeway Classic. The Hornets...

Senior middle Kelsey Elston has her attack blocked by the
Portland State front row. Portland State recorded 15 blocks during
Saturdays Big Sky tournament semifinal match.

Volleyball season, careers, come to end at Big Sky tournament

Dante Geoffrey
November 26, 2011

The Sacramento State volleyball team's season came to an end Friday night in Portland when it lost to the host Portland State Vikings 3-1 in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament. The Hornets...

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Men’s basketball exacts revenge at UC Davis

Dante Geoffrey
November 23, 2011

Sacramento State's men's basketball team did on Tuesday what Sac State's football team could not on Saturday – it beat UC Davis. The Hornets won 69-61 at Hamilton Court in Davis in a game that was a...

Freshman quarterback Garrett Safron runs against UC Davis during
the 58th Causeway Classic at Hornet Stadium on Saturday.

Hornets lose second straight Causeway Classic

Dante Geoffrey
November 19, 2011

The Sacramento State Hornets football team found itself in a familiar position on Saturday, losing 23-19 to UC Davis in the 58th Causeway Classic. A season marred with close losses and missed opportunities...

Kicking game, defense lead Hornets in first half of Causeway Classic

Dante Geoffrey
November 19, 2011

Hornets linebacker Ben Cowger recovered a fumble in the end zone and kicker Jason Diniz made two field goals to put Sacramento State up 13-10 in the first half against Davis in the 58th Causeway Classic....

Loss of NBA is opportunity for Sac State basketball

Dante Geoffrey
November 16, 2011

The city of Sacramento has one major professional sports team. (If that provokes you to say “Hey! What about the Sacramento Mountain Lions!?” then you probably play for the Sacramento Mountain Lions.)...

Junior defensive back Ryan McMahon does a victory dance for his
teammates after Saturday night’s win over Idaho State. McMahon made
five tackles including one tackle for a loss, a sack and a blocked
punt.

Nash, defense leads Hornets to victory against Idaho State

Dante Geoffrey
November 12, 2011

Zack Nash set a Sacramento State record and the Hornets defense shut down Idaho State to win 24-9 tonight at Hornet Stadium. Nash had five sacks, giving him 29.5 total and moving him to No. 1 on Sac State's...

Football graphic

Hornets lead Bengals 8-6 at half; neither team has found offense

Dante Geoffrey
November 12, 2011

The Sacramento State football team's sloppy play is being outdone by the even sloppier play of the Idaho State Bengals, which they lead 8-6 at the half. The first half of the game has been marred by three...

Popping my Sac State basketball cherry

Dante Geoffrey
November 12, 2011

It took until my sixth year of college (the journalism department redshirted me for two years while I honed my incredible raw talent) but I finally made it to a Sacramento State basketball game. Sac State...

49ers win games; inspire skepticism

Dante Geoffrey
November 9, 2011

At 7-1, the San Francisco 49ers are being lauded as not only one of the NFL’s most surprising teams, but also one of the league’s best. Pundits across America have raved about the new 49ers as the...

Portland State junior wide receiver Justin Monahan caught 6
passes for 154 yards today.

Hornets fall in final road game; lose 29-20 to Portland State

Dante Geoffrey
November 5, 2011

Thelast time the Sacramento State Hornets football team left Oregon,it was on the heels of the biggest upset win in programhistory.TheBeaver State was not nearly as friendly the second time around.TheHornets lost...

Sac State plays poorly; down only two at half

Dante Geoffrey
November 5, 2011

The Sacramento State Hornets are lucky to be trailing the Portland State Vikings by a score 16-14 at halftime in Portland, Oregon. The Hornets' offense has been unable to sustain a drive and the defense...

Playoff series too brief to judge which team is best

Dante Geoffrey
November 2, 2011

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, but are they baseball’s best team? In theory, yes. But that theory is flawed. If the purpose of the playoffs is to determine which team is the best...

NBA lockout could have long-term ramifications

Dante Geoffrey
October 26, 2011

After three straight days of mediated negotiation last week, the NBA and its players came no closer to agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement, which could mean game cancellations through Christmas...

Wide receiver John Hendershott (17) cannot hang on to the ball
during the games final play. Sacramento State lost to Eastern
Waschington 42-35 in overtime.

Hornets blow 15-point lead, lose in overtime

Dante Geoffrey
October 22, 2011

Down to their final play in overtime, with their playoff hopes on the line, the Hornets' best player was holding a clipboard. Injured quarterback and team leader Jeff Fleming watched from the sidelines...

Hornets without QB Fleming, lead Eagles 14-13 at half

Dante Geoffrey
October 22, 2011

The Sacramento State Hornets are leading the Eastern Washington Eagles 14-13 after the first half of the game at Hornet Stadium. The Hornets are leading despite playing without quarterback Jeff Fleming....

NCAA Football 12 delivers entertaining, engulfing game experience

Dante Geoffrey
October 19, 2011

Growing up a fan of the Madden franchise, it was both a small step and a giant leap to switch to NCAA Football 2012 this year. While there are plenty of gameplay similarities between the two Electronic...

Paramedics wheel the victim to an ambulance. The woman was hit
on her bike by a car behind the Hornet Bookstore.

Bicyclist struck by car on campus

Dante Geoffrey
October 18, 2011

A woman on a bike was struck by a car while riding across State University Drive East behind the Hornet Bookstore just before 6 p.m. today.  Officer Augustin A. Yaya was on the scene and said the victim...

Mountain Lions logo

UFL cancels remainder of regular season

Dante Geoffrey
October 17, 2011

The United Football League cancelled the final two weeks of the regular season today. In a statement released by the league, UFL founder Bill Hembrecht said it was in the best interest of the league's...

Sports fandom: What’s it all mean?

Dante Geoffrey
October 12, 2011

Meryl Streep is not often credited as inspiration for sports columns, but the Oscar-nominated star of the 2008 film “Doubt” acted through my mind as I struggled through this column. Sister Aloysius...

Football shuts out UNC Bears 14-0

Dante Geoffrey
October 8, 2011

In a season already marked with historic moments, Sacramento State's football team added another by shutting out the Northern Colorado Bears 14-0 today. It was the first time Sac State had shut out an...

Predicting the second half of the Sac State football season

Dante Geoffrey
October 7, 2011

The worst should be over for the Sacramento State Hornets football team. After tomorrow's game at Northern Colorado the Hornets will finish the season with four of the last five games in the friendly confines...

NCAA fans deserve playoffs after realignment

Dante Geoffrey
October 5, 2011

Slowly but surely, college football’s best teams are joining forces in “super conferences” – a move guaranteeing more money for the schools. For the most part, fans are instinctively against this...

Limiting violence doesn’t limit NFL’s product

Dante Geoffrey
September 28, 2011

Professional football is a sport thatgenerates a lot of excitement during the weekend, and a lot of timeto kill during the week.That’s why the discussion of player safety andthe balance of entertainment...

Moneyball – A review

Dante Geoffrey
September 26, 2011

"The first man through the wall, he always bleeds. Always." This is what Boston Red Sox owner John Henry tells Billy Beane near the end of "Moneyball," the best movie I've seen in theaters since "True...

WR Brandyn Reed leaps for the touchdown catch against
Montana.

Sac State beats Montana for first time in school history

Dante Geoffrey
September 25, 2011

It took 17 tries over 18 years, but the Sacramento State football team finally beat the Montana Grizzlies, winning 42-28 in front of 12,751 sports fans at Hornet Stadium Saturday night. Before this game,...

Wide receiver Chase Deadder pulls down a pass for a touchdown
during the first quarter of today’s game against Montana.

Sac State leads Montana 21-14 at half

Dante Geoffrey
September 24, 2011

Quarterback Jeff Fleming threw for a score and ran for two more, leading the Hornets to a 21-14 halftime lead against the University of Montana. Sacramento State is trying to beat Montana for the first...

Sac State football vs. Montana tonight at Hornet Stadium

Dante Geoffrey
September 24, 2011

The Sacramento State football team will play its first home game tonight at 6:05 p.m.  The Montana Grizzlies come to Sacramento ranked No. 10 in the nation with a 2-1 record.  Read Josh Stanley's game...

It takes a loser to build a long-term winner

Dante Geoffrey
September 21, 2011

ESPN football analyst and Matt-Hasselbeck-scalp-double Trent Dilfer has called Andrew Luck the greatest quarterback prospect since John Elway. The Stanford quarterback and 2010 Heisman trophy finalist...

What to make of the first quarter of Sac State’s football season.

Dante Geoffrey
September 19, 2011

The first three games of the football season have not made a lot of sense for Sac State fans. This is how the average, rational fan felt before and after Sac State's first three games. Oregon State Before:...

NCAA only has itself to blame for corruption

Dante Geoffrey
September 14, 2011

The past few years have seen a multitude of A-list college football stars get stripped of accolades and respect. Reggie Bush was stripped of his Heisman Trophy (though he still has not returned it), University...

The only picture that really matters.

Early onset nostalgia: Corvallis travel diary

Dante Geoffrey
September 12, 2011

This past weekend did not go according to plan for Sac State's football team. The prior week didn't go according to plan either, but in a much more awesome way.  In an attempt to forget the deflating...

Sac State football suffers letdown against Southern Utah

Dante Geoffrey
September 10, 2011

The Sacramento State football team fell back to earth today, even more quickly than expectations had risen the past week, losing to the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 35-14 at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City,...


Sacramento State football players storm the field at Reser
Stadium on Saturday after their historic 29-28 overtime victory
against Oregon State.

Hornets stun Beavers

Dante Geoffrey
September 7, 2011

The Sacramento State football team pulled offperhaps the biggest win in school history on Saturday when it beatOregon State University 29-28 in overtime.It was Oregon State’s first home-opening losssince...

Sac State leading 14-3 at halftime against Oregon State

Dante Geoffrey
September 3, 2011

Everything is going Sac State's way so far in the season opener against the Oregon State Beavers, which they lead 14-3 at halftime. An early interception by Hornet CB Osagie Odiase and a red zone stop...

Live coverage of Sac State @ Oregon State

Dante Geoffrey
September 3, 2011

Greetings from the press box of Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon. Sac State is 30 minutes away from kicking off its season against the Oregon State Beavers and you can follow the action live (sorta)...

The Oregon Trail

Dante Geoffrey
September 2, 2011

At 10 a.m. today, Hornet photographer Jesse Charlton and I will embark on a journey to Corvallis, Oregon. Our mission: to go where no State Hornet reporter has gone before and cover the hell out of Saturday's...

Hi, nice to blog you!

Dante Geoffrey
September 1, 2011

Welcome to The Skinny Post, the poorly named but enthusiastically written sports blog written by yours truly. What do you mean you don't know who I am? Has my reputation as fantasy football runner-up two...

San Francisco Giants Cody Ross (13) reacts to a foul ball that
was caught for an out against the Colorado Rockies in the third
inning at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California, on Saturday,
June 4, 2011. The Rockies beat the Giants 2-1. (LiPo Ching/San Jose
Mercury News/MCT)

Giants in perspective: fans should be grateful

Dante Geoffrey
August 31, 2011

As I begin writing this column, the San Francisco Giants are failing to execute a hit-and-run in an effort to even the score against the Houston Astros, whom they are trailing 2-1. This is the first of...

Mountain Lions season delayed

Dante Geoffrey
July 19, 2011

The start of the Sacramento Mountain Lions season has been delayed to mid-September, according to a letter released by UFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue on July 19. The UFL season, which was scheduled to...

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